Re: Need advice

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Don Cavaiani wrote:
> 
> Greetings Wise Debian Users,
<snip>
> I went into xf86config (several tries) and tried to configure the
> Xserver according to my hardware.  I have some unusual hardware and I'm
> wondering if I will be able to get it all to work ??
> 
> When I start up the system in Linux now, I get an X window.  It has the
> Debian LOGO on top but the font is quite large and doesn't really fit.
> There are a few executed commands shown below the logo.  The mouse does
> not seem to work at that point and I don't know what to do within the
> window.  There is "no where to go".
> 
> I have a Super Socket 7 and AMD 300MHz mainboard (PCCHIPS).  There is an
> on-board SiS video chip (6326) with 8MB memory.  I have tried to pick
> the only SiS video card listed but the model# is not the same.  I have
> also tried the generic VGA and the unsupported VGA.  The SuperProbe says
> it is Super-VGA, Tseng ...., 0kb memory and Generic 8-bit pseudo-color
> DAC.  Also, an issue down the road might be the on-board sound chip from
> C-media.

I can't help much, but I've found that if I can't get a good
/etc/X11/XF86Config file using xf86setup, I sometimes can if I
use XF86Setup, and vice-versa.

You might also check the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver to make
sure it's pointing to the correct server (e.g. XF86_SVGA for
SVGA-types, etc).

You might also send the relevant sections of XF86Config so the
folks here can see if anything looks wrong (I wouldn't see it
probably, but others might).

> Finally, I have added an ATX Form Card that has a P/S2 mouse connection
> and two USB ports.  I have the mouse connected there and I chose #4 for
> P/S mouse on the configuration(also choose /dev/mouse rather than
> ttyS0.  The modem works fine on ttyS1.

For your mouse, you might try /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse.
Also, /dev/mouse might be a symlink to some other device, so if
you want to use /dev/mouse you might need to re-link it to the
correct device (again, probably /dev/psaux).
 
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Don
> 
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